Country Archives

Central African Republic

September 27, 2019

Since the end of 2012, the Central African Republic has been sinking into a maelstrom of violence as a result of the civil war. Thousands have already fallen victim to...

Angola

September 27, 2019

The country on the southwestern coast of Africa still suffers from the consequences of more than 25 years of civil war. ACN has been assisting here for decades, mostly in...

Algeria

September 27, 2019

With some 38 million inhabitants, Algeria is the largest country in Africa today in terms of territory. About 99 % of the population professes its faith to Islam. The Catholic...

Mali

September 20, 2019

Mali is a West African landlocked country with 18 million inhabitants, of whom only about 2% profess the Christian faith. Since 2012, there has been chaos in the country, because...

Liberia

September 20, 2019

Between 1989 and 2003, the West African republic experienced one of the bloodiest civil wars on the continent. The country has still not recovered from it right up to the...

Zimbabwe

September 20, 2019

Since the fall of dictator Robert Mugabe in 2017, Zimbabwe’s roughly 16.5 million inhabitants have been hoping for an improvement in their living conditions. But the country in south-east Africa...

West African Benin has about 11 million inhabitants. While the north of the country is predominantly Muslim, the south is mainly inhabited by followers of traditional African religions and Christians,...

Argentina & Chile in 2017

September 20, 2019

In the two southernmost countries of Latin America, the church has experienced difficult times for several years. Argentina is still suffering from reforms, which have aggravated the economic situation of...

Guatemala, El Salvador & Honduras

September 20, 2019

Along with Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are among the poorest countries in Central America. ACN’s focus in these countries is on helping the young people whose lives are...